update fwupd instructions

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Daniel Micay 2023-12-30 16:39:44 -05:00
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<section id="working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions"> <section id="working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">
<h2><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bug on Linux distributions</a></h2> <h2><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bug on Linux distributions</a></h2>
<p>The fwupd software used by many traditional Linux distributions (not Android or <p>Debian stable and Ubuntu have an outdated fwupd package with a bug breaking
ChromeOS) has a bug breaking connecting to fastboot devices. The web installer connecting to Android's bootloader interface (fastboot) while fwupd is running
takes slightly longer to connect to the device and is more impacted by this. If since it tries to connect to arbitrary devices. This section can be skipped on
you're on a Linux distribution with fwupd running, stop it before proceeding. You Arch Linux and other distributions with fwupd 1.9.10 or later since we reported
can do this by running the following command in a terminal:</p> the bug and it was fixed. This never impacted Android or ChromeOS.</p>
<p>You can stop fwupd with the following command:</p>
<pre>sudo systemctl stop fwupd.service</pre> <pre>sudo systemctl stop fwupd.service</pre>
<p>This doesn't disable the service and it will start again on reboot.</p>
</section> </section>
<section id="booting-into-the-bootloader-interface"> <section id="booting-into-the-bootloader-interface">

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<section id="working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions"> <section id="working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">
<h2><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bug on Linux distributions</a></h2> <h2><a href="#working-around-fwupd-bug-on-linux-distributions">Working around fwupd bug on Linux distributions</a></h2>
<p>The fwupd software used by many traditional Linux distributions (not Android or <p>Debian stable and Ubuntu have an outdated fwupd package with a bug breaking
ChromeOS) has a bug breaking connecting to fastboot devices. The web installer connecting to Android's bootloader interface (fastboot) while fwupd is running
takes slightly longer to connect to the device and is more impacted by this. If since it tries to connect to arbitrary devices. This section can be skipped on
you're on a Linux distribution with fwupd running, stop it before proceeding. You Arch Linux and other distributions with fwupd 1.9.10 or later since we reported
can do this by running the following command in a terminal:</p> the bug and it was fixed. This never impacted Android or ChromeOS.</p>
<p>You can stop fwupd with the following command:</p>
<pre>sudo systemctl stop fwupd.service</pre> <pre>sudo systemctl stop fwupd.service</pre>
<p>This doesn't disable the service and it will start again on reboot.</p>
</section> </section>
<section id="booting-into-the-bootloader-interface"> <section id="booting-into-the-bootloader-interface">